PETTINESS
Dictionary entry overview: What does pettiness mean?
• PETTINESS (noun)
The noun PETTINESS has 3 senses:
1. narrowness of mind or ideas or views
2. the quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous
3. lack of generosity in trifling matters
Familiarity information: PETTINESS used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• PETTINESS (noun)
Meaning:
Narrowness of mind or ideas or views
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("pettiness" is a kind of...):
narrow-mindedness; narrowness (an inclination to criticize opposing opinions or shocking behavior)
Meaning:
The quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
puniness; slightness; triviality; pettiness
Hypernyms ("pettiness" is a kind of...):
unimportance (the quality of not being important or worthy of note)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pettiness"):
joke (a triviality not to be taken seriously)
Meaning:
Lack of generosity in trifling matters
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
littleness; pettiness; smallness
Hypernyms ("pettiness" is a kind of...):
closeness; meanness; minginess; niggardliness; niggardness; parsimoniousness; parsimony; tightfistedness; tightness (extreme stinginess)
